Our first-ever worldwide forecast for retail media ad spending shows enduring momentum and lots of good news for Amazon and other ecommerce platforms around the world.
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| Feb 7, 2024
Retail ecommerce has entered a new era of slow and steady growth in most countries. This status quo replaces the previous era of spectacular growth and jarring declines.
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| Feb 27, 2024
Beauty is the standout performer in UK ecommerce. The category outpaced all others in 2023, according to UK ecommerce association IMRG.
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| Apr 8, 2024
Digital grocery sales are growing again across Western Europe as inflation forces higher spending, click and collect gains momentum, and mobile loyalty schemes come to the fore.
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| Mar 1, 2024
UK ecommerce sales have bounced back to steady growth as consumer spending remains resilient despite inflationary pressures. Most major categories will see a further shift online by 2027, bringing opportunities for ecommerce retailers.
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| Jan 23, 2024
The growth in retail media ad spending in these three countries will outpace all other formats for years to come. It’s thus gaining an important place at the ad budgeting table.
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| Feb 13, 2024
In 2024, a perfect storm of technology, business, and consumer behavior trends will conspire to intensify the challenges of protecting brands on digital media.
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| Apr 10, 2024
Retailers with roots in China are still gaining share of ecommerce in Western Europe, despite concerns over their sustainability credentials.
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| Apr 18, 2024
The Latin American economy is on the upswing, with digital innovation in the driver’s seat. Our trends report explores how retail media, commerce, and generative AI will be redefined in 2024 and what businesses need to know to get ahead.
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| Jan 4, 2024
Online sales are back in growth in the UK, but the fortunes of key ecommerce retailers have been mixed, with some suffering a greater blow from the cost-of-living crisis than others.
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| Dec 21, 2023
As inflation eases across Europe in 2024, retail, media, and marketing firms will turn their attention to regulatory headwinds on the horizon.
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| Dec 15, 2023
The UK’s resale economy is thriving as shoppers look to save money and live more sustainably. Retailers and brands need to act—or risk losing out.
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| Oct 27, 2023
France will see stronger growth in digital ad spending than both Germany and the UK this year. Most industries aren’t contributing to that growth, though, with only travel and retail seeing any significant investments.
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| Oct 5, 2023
Next year, retail will account for more than 25% of overall digital ad spending for the first time. It will be business as usual from next year, with retail digital ad spending increasing at a faster clip than even travel—16.3% versus 15.0%. To view the retail industry digital ad spending forecast, click here. Travel’s turnaround continues.
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| Sep 27, 2023
The UK’s digital ad spending will be constrained by a tough economy. Only travel will see significant growth, but that’s from a particularly low starting point. Retail digital ad spend will continue to lead in absolute terms.
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| Sep 20, 2023
After three years of wild fluctuations in retail and ecommerce sales growth, a sense of stability and normalcy is slowly emerging. A healthy if unspectacular rebound for ecommerce is in the cards, and most national markets are heading in the right direction.
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| Aug 11, 2023
Retail sales growth is slowing in Western Europe as the economic crisis takes its toll on consumer confidence, but ecommerce sales are bouncing back after last year’s decline.
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| Aug 9, 2023
Ecommerce sales in India, which is soon expected to become the most populous nation, are growing at one of the fastest rates in the world. But brick-and-mortar will still dominate the retail sector for the foreseeable future—we estimate that online sales will account for only 10.0% of total retail by 2027.
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| Aug 2, 2023
The cost-of-living crisis is forcing UK consumers to change where they shop to save money. To attract and keep customers, retailers and brands across all sectors need to invest in loyalty programs—and understand what shoppers want from them.
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| Jun 29, 2023
We expect non-Amazon retailers will see ecommerce growth of 11.0% over last year, eclipsing Amazon’s forecast growth rate of 10.0%. Amazon’s Prime Day market share will continue to slip, dropping from 62.0% in 2018 to an expected 59.6% in 2023—although that’s still well above its overall retail ecommerce share of 37.6% this year.
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| Jun 20, 2023
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| Apr 21, 2023
Amazon can stake a claim as one of Canada’s top mass merchants, even without having physical stores. It has reached this milestone after more than three years of accelerated retail ecommerce in the country.
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| Mar 27, 2023
Beauty is proving resilient to the cost-of-living crisis as shoppers splurge on premium products to boost their mood and skin health. But it won’t escape unscathed, with consumers already streamlining their beauty regimes and searching for bargains online.
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| Mar 20, 2023
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| Feb 21, 2023